UnNews:Exclusive -- Is "Space Chimps" too dark for kids?

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22 July 2008

Misleading movie poster for Space Chimps.

LOS ANGELES, California --Fran Moldger may be one of the few people who managed to get tickets to Space Chimps on Friday -- and regretted it.

Moldger, 44, of Gotham, thought that she was taking her family to an animated space monkey film in the vein of Wall-E -- a delightful Disney Pixar movie about a lovable robot -- that, like Chimps, is rated G.

Instead she found herself squirming during several scenes.

"This is not a regular space monkey movie," says Moldger, who took her husband and two children, ages 11 and 14. "It's a piece of shit movie, and it should have been rated R."

actual scene from Space Chimps.

While most moviegoers were prepared for director Kirk De Micco's bleak storytelling -- and the chilling performance by the late Maurice Evans as the psychotic Dr. Zauis -- some parents were taken aback by several scenes, including a naked man being enslaved by the apes and the shocking surprise ending.

"This is definitely a futuristic sci-fi thriller for adults," says Wotzit Tuyah of BoxOfficeGuru.com. "That's part of what makes it so powerful. That and the performances of the late Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall. But it could also limit the kind of repeat business it can do."

According to Twentieth CenturyFox, 91% of the audience was 25 or older, but the studio had no numbers on children attending. "It's a PG-13 film, or at least it's supposed to be, and parents should heed that," says Rupert Murdoch.